Mater Misercordiae Hospital annual report 1996 Item Type Report Authors Mater Misercordiae University Hospital Publisher Mater Misercordiae University Hospital Download date 23/09/2021 11:13:59 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10147/250244 Find this and similar works at - http://www.lenus.ie/hse 2 f NOV 1997 '\- ,. MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL ANNUAL REPORT 1996 • Cover painting reproduced with the kind permission of Mr. Thomas Ryan, R.H.A. Annual Report designed and printed by Future Print M ATER MI SER I CORDIAE H OSP I TAL A NNUAL R EPORT 1996 CONTENTS Page No. Board of Management .. ............. .............................. .......... ................................. .. .................................................................. ...... ... 6 Executive Council ................... ............................................................... .. .................. .............. ......... ......... ............. .. .. .. .. .............. .. ... 6 Executive Committee of the Medical Council ....................................................................... ................................... .................. 7 Address of the Archbishop of Dublin - Annual General Meeting ........................................... ............................................... 8 Address of the Executive Chairperson of the Board of Management .................. ....................... .... ................................... 10 Report of Chairman of the Executive Council ............................... .. ........................ ................................................................ 13 Financial Report and Accounts for 1996 ........ .. ................................. .. ... ....... ............................................................................ 19 H.I.P.E. Unit ..... ................ ..... ................................................................................................................................................... ... ....... 34 Management Services Department ............................................................................................................................................. 36 Mater Foundation ..... ..... ................... .. ... .. ........................................................... ............ ... .......... ..... ............................................... 40 Occupational Health Department .. ......................... .................................................................................................................... 42 Safety, Health & Welfare Un it Report .................................... .................................................................................................... 43 Schools Education Programme ...................... .............. ........ .. .. .................................................................................................... 45 Statistics ............... .......... ............................................................................................................................ ........... ... ..................... ..... 46 Department Reports: Accident & Emergency .................... .. ............. ..... ..... ..... ..................... .. ........... ...... .. ..................... .......................... ................ 55 Adult Psychiatry ........... ........ ....................... .......... ..... ..... ........ ............... ............ ...................................................................... 56 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care .......... ..... ............................ ..... ................. ..... ... ........ .. .. ... .......... ......... .. ....... ........................ 60 Chaplaincy Department ............................ .................... ............................ ................. ....................... ..................................... 71 Child and Family Psych iatry .................... ..... ....... ... ........ .......... ...................... ..................................... .. ............... ............... ... 73 Clinical Cardiology .. .. ....... ...... ................................................................................................................................................. 74 Diabetes/Endocrine ........... ... .. .......... ... ............... ..... ............................ .. ................................................. ................................. 82 Dietetics ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 84 Gastrointestinal Unit .............. ............... ............................. .. ........................................ .. .. ....................................................... 86 Infection Control Committee ............................................................................... ................................................................ 89 Institute of Radiological Sciences ............................................................................................................................... .......... 90 Medical Social Services ..... ..... ..... .................. ........... .......... .. .......... ......................................................................................... 96 Nephrology ......................... ................................................... ............... ............ ....... ................................................................ 97 Neurophysiology ........... ..... ..... ................ ... .. ............. .. .. ................ .. ..... ... .. ... .. .......................................................................... 99 Nursing ......................................... ......................................... .... .............................................................................................. 00 Ophthalmology .................... .. .......... .......... .......... ..... ........ ..................................................................................................... 07 Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery ............................. ............................................................................................... 10 Orthopaedics .......................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Department of Pathology ........................................................... ......................................................................................... 20 Histopathology .... ................................................... ..... .......... ............... .......................................................................... 20 Biochemistry ................ ..... ... ............... ............................. .. .............................................. .. ............................................. 25 Microbiology ........................................................................... ... ..... ....... .......... ............... .. ........... .................... ................ 29 Physiotherapy ....... .. ........... ........................................... ... ..... ..... .......... ..... ..... ..... ............ ......................................................... 3 I Radiology ....... ...................................................................................................................................... ............................. ....... 33 Rheumatology .................................................................................... ...................... .............. ........... ..................................... 37 School of Nursing ........................................................................................................................................... ........... ............ 38 School of Physiotherpy .................................................................................................................. ....................................... 44 Speech and Language Therapy ............... ...................................................................... ......... ..... ......................................... 47 Surgery: General ................................................................................................................................................. ............. ............... 148 General Colorectal .. ........ ..................... .. ............... ............. ................. ..... ..... ..... ........................................................... 15 I Gynaecology ............................................................ .......... .............................................................................................. 153 Vascular Surgery ........................... .. ............. .. ......................................... ..... .......................... ......................................... 155 Hospital Staff ............................................................................................................................................................. ..................... 156 Sisters of Mercy ........... .. ............... ................................................... .......... .......... ..... ..................................................................... 16 1 3 M ATER